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The Rocketman

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We mentioned that rocket bike last week which was pretty cool, well this guy is over the top. Ky Michaelson, also known as The Rocketman, has had a fascinating life of building some really cool rocket powered vehicles, a rocket Harley (used to jump over 26 buses back in 1977), a rocket go cart (that went 252mph), a rocket trike, rocket bicycle, rocket snowmobile, ... you get … [Read more...]

Big Bear Electric Chopper

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A chopper project dedicated to fallen officers of the California Highway Patrol, has all the usual chopper looks but it's missing something normally associated with bikes like this,... sound. This chopper, looks like it's powered by a 124 cubic inch S&S V twin, but the engine has actually been gutted and the whole bike has been built with batteries and electric motors in place … [Read more...]

Diesel Motorcycles – here’s a fast one

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We write about diesel motorcycles a lot around here, there's the Thunder Star of course, the D650A1 Bulldog now going into production, the Roush diesel ATV and we mentioned the biodiesel Royal Enfield several days ago. Performance varies all across the spectrum, but if we use the term "diesel fueled" motorcycles, we can add one more, the Y2K Superbike built by Marine Turbine … [Read more...]

American Motorcycles 300 Front Tire Movie Chopper

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You've put the 300 rear tire on and you still want more? Got a deal on big rubber so you bought two but you only have one bike? Well, American Motorcycles has your answer, mount one of those big guys up front. They built a chopper called "Headhunter" for an upcoming movie called The Ironhorsemen, sporting a Revtech 110 horsepower engine, six speed right side transmission and … [Read more...]

Ecosse Moto Works updates web for X-4 and X-5

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Ecosse Moto Works has added some info on the upcoming X-4 and X-5 models we mentioned before. Although the images are the same drawings that appeared in the magazine article they mention a couple things I like, one being their "anti-chopper" design theme. As we've asked here for so long, why can't more U.S. companies build outside the chopper segment of the market? They … [Read more...]

Bike Builder for The World’s Fastest Indian

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By now, most of you are aware of the movie, The World's Fastest Indian, opening nationwide next month. It's about Burt Munro, a New Zealander who came to Bonneville multiple times in search of speed. Of course, when you do a movie like this, you need a replica motorcycle, or two, so they went looking for a builder and found Wayne Alexander. Wayne sat down for an interview … [Read more...]